Type 2 Hot Showers and affect on Blood Sugar

[Jaylee]

Weirdly I've just taken a hot shower..

Noticed a bit of a jump from 7.3 to 9.4 then down to 6.5..
I'm also traveling through France planted a new sensor in anticipation of a swap tomorrow & enjoying a cheeky glass of wine before a moule supper..

I will be taking a shower in the morning too..
Seeing as there is no prep for the "day job" let's find out...

 

[Jaylee]

Slight jump about 1mmol & back, that was it with this morning’s shower..

I had had a skin full of wine last night with the moule supper.
So I guess my liver was also busy..

 

[Old’un]

Hi All,

Hope you are all well.

I have not posted for many years just started using the Libra sensor just to get an indication of where my blood sugar is at.

I have noticed that after a hot shower in the morning, it does tend to climb quite high anybody else experienced this?

Thanks in advance.
Simply.

I have been using libre for many years now and do find that my blood sugar levels surge upwards when I have a hot shower. Fingerprick testing agrees well with the libre reading so I do not doubt that there is a rise in sugar levels. Why this happens I have no idea but some things we cannot explain so I just accept it and if a shower pushes my sugar levels too high I just inject an extra unit of insulin. I genreally need a unit or two anyway when I get up as my sugar level rises towards the end of the night which is a commonly occurring phenomenon as the body fires up ready for a new day. Drinking a mug of hot tea has exactly the same effect and can push my sugar levels up by 3-4 mmol/l. At least with a few extra shots of insulin from time to time I am able to maintain a time in range of 90-97%.

 

[Retepnhoj]

Hi All,

Hope you are all well.

I have not posted for many years just started using the Libra sensor just to get an indication of where my blood sugar is at.

I have noticed that after a hot shower in the morning, it does tend to climb quite high anybody else experienced this?

Thanks in advance.
Simply.

Yes me too, but it also goes up when I just get out of bed before eating or drinking anything so I’m not entirely clear which is most responsible for the higher readings.

 

[SimonP78]

I have been using libre for many years now and do find that my blood sugar levels surge upwards when I have a hot shower. Fingerprick testing agrees well with the libre reading so I do not doubt that there is a rise in sugar levels. Why this happens I have no idea but some things we cannot explain so I just accept it and if a shower pushes my sugar levels too high I just inject an extra unit of insulin. I genreally need a unit or two anyway when I get up as my sugar level rises towards the end of the night which is a commonly occurring phenomenon as the body fires up ready for a new day. Drinking a mug of hot tea has exactly the same effect and can push my sugar levels up by 3-4 mmol/l. At least with a few extra shots of insulin from time to time I am able to maintain a time in range of 90-97%.

Just to check correlation vs causation, your fingerprick agrees with the libre when you do a test during or immediately after a hot shower?

I've still not tested mine (though I have had a few showers, don't worry), but as my libre reading drops down as soon as I get out I'd not need extra bolus.

Perhaps this is just another one of those differences between people. Interesting.